PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining information from the National Personnel Records Center and the Marine Corps Historical Center.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to incomplete records and unverified stressors. Additional development, including obtaining medical records and verifying service personnel records, will be conducted.

The Board has remanded the veteran's appeal for service connection for hepatitis C and PTSD due to incomplete development of records from the Miami Vet Center. The veteran must provide treatment records from this facility.

The appellant's PTSD has resulted in severe impairment, including virtual isolation and inability to obtain or retain employment.

The veteran's claims for increased evaluations and ratings for his service-connected conditions were granted, with the PTSD rating being increased to 30 percent effective October 25, 2002.

The veteran's claim for special monthly compensation due to need for regular aid and attendance or being permanently housebound is remanded as the current evidence does not sufficiently address his service-connected PTSD.

The veteran's PTSD has been found to result in total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent evaluation.

The Board found that the August 1969 and October 1991 administrative decisions were not clearly and unmistakably erroneous in determining that the appellant's discharge from service was a bar to payment of VA benefits.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that he does not meet the minimum percentage requirements and that his TDIU should be considered under the procedures set forth in section 4.16(b) for veterans who are unemployable by reason of service connected disability.

The Board granted an effective date of March 12, 2001 for a 70 percent rating for PTSD and TDIU.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 100% due to material improvement, but the appeal for an evaluation in excess of 70% remains unresolved.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is attributable to service and grants the claim.

The veteran's PTSD was incurred in service and is granted.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD is shown to be productive of a level of impairment that more nearly approximates that of occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas such as judgment, thinking, and mood.

The VA denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for the veteran's PTSD, finding that his condition only manifested as occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The VA determined that the veteran's PTSD does not warrant a higher rating due to insufficient occupational and social impairment.

The veteran's PTSD is rated at a 10% evaluation, reflecting mild impairment in functioning and subjective distress.

The veteran's PTSD has been rated as 70 percent disabling, but not permanent. The appellant does not have basic eligibility for Chapter 35 Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits due to the veteran not being rated permanently and totally disabled.

The Board found that the appellant did not engage in combat with the enemy and does not currently have PTSD. Therefore, service connection for PTSD was denied.